Start of a New Life
Disclaimer: I don't own the Kamen Rider series or these characters. This story is purely a fan creation.
Yuzuru really loved Nitou's apartment. It was also Haruto's apartment, but calling it Nitou's apartment just had a better ring to it. It wasn't like he didn't like Haruto, He was his magic tutor after all. He just thought that it sounded cool when he thought of the apartment as his big brother's apartment, not a teacher's apartment. Why did he love Nitou's apartment? There were a lot of reasons why. Just the fact that it was his big brothers place was enough honestly. Who wouldn't want to hang out with their cool older brother at his apartment?
There were other reasons though. Yuzuru's home life wasn't all that good. Since his father left him and his mother a long time ago, his mother had to carry the load all by herself. Yuzuru's mother loved him, he didn't doubt this, but she was far too busy to give him much attention. Since he wasn't all that good at making friends, he spent much of his childhood alone. It didn't help matters that his recklessness had caused him to push away from Akari, one of his only friends, for a long time. His life changed for the better when he met Nitou though. Getting captured by Wiseman and being forced to become Kamen Rider Mage aside, his life changed for the better when he met Nitou. While he was only hoping to learn how to ride a bike from Nitou, he learned that and so much more from the man. Not only did he finally repair his broken relationship with Akari with Nitou's help, he also learned that he had worth as a person. He spent so long feeling like he was just a burden to everyone around him that he didn't realize that there was so much he could do. Not just for himself, but for those around him.
Yuzuru sat up in his bed to check the time. It was 15 minutes past 1:00 AM. Yuzuru yawned a bit before turning to look around his room. When Nitou and Haruto were buying their own apartment together, they were dead set on getting one with two bedrooms. Nobody knew why. They were already sleeping together(While they tried to deny this when it was brought up, Shunpei knew what he saw) so they would only need one room. They were also quite strapped for cash, so they really didn't need to drop any more money than necessary. It wasn't until they found the perfect apartment that they revealed their reason.
"T-the room is for me?" asks Yuzuru, shocked by the revealed news. NItou nodded, a smile decorating his face. He pats Yuzuru's shoulder as he sits down next to him.
"I know that things aren't always easy for you back at home, so I wanted there to always be a place for you to go."
Yuzuru sat there, completely stunned. He turned to face Nitou and matched his smile.
Yuzuru cracked a small smile as he though back to that day. Nitou said that like this was just supposed to be a room that he stayed in maybe once a month. But Yuzuru usually stayed at their house once a week. He stayed even more often during long holidays. Since the summer break started, he practically lived at their house. More of his stuff littered the floors of this house than in the drawers of his room at home.
Yuzuru lets out a low yawn before stepping out of bed to get a cup of water. Yuzuru was greeted with cold air as soon as he opened his room door. Fighting his urge to return to bed, Yuzuru leaves the room and heads for the kitchen. As expected at this hour, the house was pretty dark. If it wasn't for the pure moonlight shining in through the slightly open curtains, it would be nearly impossible to see.
As he made his way to the kitchen, Yuzuru could hear a quiet snoring coming from Nitou and Haruto's room. It was pretty normal for Nitou to snore so Yuzuru didn't think much of it. But for some reason, he felt the urge to go and check on him. Upon poking his head in the room, Yuzuru see's Nitou sleeping alone. Since Haruto didn't have any other career ideas, he decided to help Rinko and Mayu with… police stuff until he found a more permanent career choice. Yuzuru was a mage but he was still a child so they didn't give him very many details when it came to that sort of thing. Haruto doesn't stay out this late very often, but Nitou always complains as though he's never home.
Yuzuru watches as Nitou starts to squirm around a bit before taking hold of Haruto's pillow and pulling it into his chest, nibbling on one of the ends. Is he dreaming of Haruto… or Food? Yuzuru turns to leave the room, but stops when he hear Nitou begin groan. Letting out a quiet sigh, Yuzuru walks over to Nitou and begins to shake. It isn't long before the older man begins to wake up.
"Yuzuru? What'cha doing here?" asks Nitou as he slowly sits up in bed. Most of his blanket was already on the floor from he squirmed earlier, but sitting up sent the rest of the blanket to the floor as well. This revealed that Nitou was only wearing a pair of white boxers, but he didn't seem very embarrassed "You have a nightmare?"
"I didn't have a nightmare! I came to check on you" says Yuzuru, taking a seat at the foot of the bed.
It didn't seem like Nitou heard him. In the time that Yuzuru tried to correct Nitou, the older man had already pulled the covers from the ground and was beginning curl back up "If you're too scared to go back to sleep, you can sleep in here."
How old did he thing he was? Yuzuru opened his mouth to correct Nitou, but quickly saw that it would be useless. Nitou was just about to go back to sleep, but not before mumbling something about not disturbing him. Yuzuru sighed before getting up from the bed. Why did he come in here again?
Author's Note: Welcome to my first real attempt at a multi chapter fic. While a lot of people didn't like Wizard, I really enjoyed it. I actually enjoyed all the characters a lot, but to say they left a bit to be desired is an understatement. One of my biggest complaints is the underutilization of all three of the Kamen Rider Mage's. It would take me too long to get into why I think this, but I think watching the show speaks for itself. I will say that they didn't get nearly enough screen time. My goal, among others, for this story is to give the three Kamen Rider Mage's more personality. Wish me luck on this story!